Nuclear Modernization
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Nuclear ModernizationAnti-Nuke Populist Warren Might Run for President in 2020
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee who brandished her arms-control and anti-nuclear bonafides throughout 2018, announced this week she might run for president in […]
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BudgetA 1,000-Warhead Arsenal Could Slash U.S Deficit by $13 Billion Over Two Decades, CBO Says
The United States could shave about $13 billion off the federal deficit over about 20 years by slashing some 500 warheads from the nation’s nuclear arsenal, the nonpartisan federal Congressional […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s B-21 Bomber Passes Critical Design Review
The Air Force successfully held a critical design review for the weapon system of its next-generation nuclear-capable bomber, completing a multi-faceted technical review that further paves the way for manufacturing […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Boeing Cleared to Start Production of Tail Kit for B61-12 Gravity Bomb
Air Force contractor Boeing [BA] is clear to start production on crucial hardware for the B61-12 next-generation nuclear gravity bomb, which is scheduled to be built in 2020, the service […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Nevada Sues DoE, Says it Won’t Accept Weapon-usable Plutonium From S.C.
The state of Nevada asked a federal judge to bar the Department of Energy from shipping a metric ton of plutonium to the state, potentially throwing a wrench in the […]
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CongressDems Drill NNSA No. 2 Nominee On Warhead Cores, Arms Control Treaty
William Bookless, nominated to be second-in-command at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), defended the agency’s plan to build two nuclear-warhead-core factories in the face of a double-edged inquisition […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Congress Rides In From Recess On A Wave Of Nuclear Policy Moves
Lawmakers set the stage for the nuclear weapons debate to come in the next Congress with a wave of bills and rhetoric that burned the post-Thanksgiving fog from Washington last […]
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Congress
Aspiring HASC Chair Has Three-Point Plan for Nuke Policy in Next Congress; Eyes ICBMs
The aspiring chair of the House Armed Services Committee said here Wednesday he wants to scrap the Trump administration’s nuclear posture review, whip up a multilateral intermediate-range nuclear forces-style treaty, […]
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Nuclear Modernization
DoE Laying Off 500 at Plutonium Conversion Plant
The prime contractor for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility will lay off roughly a third of its workforce in early January, according to federally required layoff notices filed Nov. 8, […]
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Navy/USMCWelding Mistake With Columbia Missile Tubes Was Bigger Problem Than BWXT Thought
Botching welds on 12 missile tubes for the Columbia-class submarine earlier this year proved a costly mistake for BWX Technologies [BWXT], which on Wednesday said the problems with its welding […]